Niylah (Jessica Harmon)

Very minor character introduced in the season 3 premiere as a one night stand for Clarke. Niylah got badly beaten up after the lesbian sex scene in the season 3 premiere. She appeared in 3 episodes in Season 3 and 5 episodes in Season 4.

In episode 4×06, Niylah was shown in bed with Clarke, presumably post-sex in a friends with benefits arrangement. Inexplicably, despite never meeting Lexa, Niylah briefly mentioned her to Clarke (“Lexa would be proud of you. We’re all your people now. She believed that too. She lives on through you”) after the camera panned to a drawing of Lexa that Clarke kept in her room.

Clarke and Niylah had another scene together in episode 4×11 when Clarke got into bed with Niylah spooning her and kissing her shoulder/neck.

Double Standards

Even though the relationship was clearly sexual, Miranda Kwok, one of the writers live tweeting the episode, described Clarke and Niylah as “a beautiful friendship”.

Miranda Kwok‏ @MirandaKwok88 Niylah calls it like it is, and yet she can listen to Clarke without judgment. A beautiful friendship. #the100

Right after, during a scene with Clarke pointing a gun at one of the male characters, the same writer tweeted their “love” was stronger despite the dynamic being entirely platonic, toxic and abusive.

Appearances:

8 episodes. 3x01, 3x02, 3x11, 4x05, 4x06, 4x08, 4x09, 4x11

Female love interests:

Clarke Griffin (Eliza Taylor, main cast, 45 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No, one night stand / friends with benefits

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.

Quotes

One of the great things, creatively, when having a bisexual character, when we look at the board in the room where all their faces are, she can be with almost anybody on that board. I mean Abby [her mom] would be a little weird, but everybody else is fair game, really.